Typed case summary, x-ray film, charts, note, report, autopsy report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 58 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: fractures dislocation; deafness; breathlessness; paralysis; cauda equina lesion; motor loss; haematoma; and pneumothorax. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.